Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9ce835e5a0a8ce0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:27:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e7c1aa9224f3d8acfa49c765f18d4a6d SHA-1: dda82e83a0531bdcfad2990b5341470d91bda805 SHA-256: d9ce835e5a0a8ce00409d45fce8d40a942b8abaa4563368104c1ca706259405e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. This suggests the document's primary purpose is to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or to download further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=criminal+law+act+south+africa+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://sakitonus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9983013eb3f971e0db1f8ecfe8d045bd/kamogevapinogugadefile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camgloberealtor.com/userfiles/file/tubesuwenesorob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjdmk5jrr36e897vgrao5lqb51/xajefideposuluxobazibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092b4c9087df---69618452709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/vepivexebutuxekugifodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c362daf0e---38356794458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ceb4263bfe0793bdf33485d7bc26e8b/64673414675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/90138206547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c50b2584b90---pugobavegufofamof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiehollander.nl/images/uploadedimages/file/96203927645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/35948554082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krajinar.cz/soubory/files/83509318922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wsp.pl/userfiles/file/78849241866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a7dbd2aa30---70239406332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klubalfa.org/img/userfiles/file/54201200440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/63997605685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://depcip.com/app/views/panel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawarunowefinofabujukuvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telmeed.com/web/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61206290403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aaa63cb21f4---70058424692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850de23093e---fotopusekovomajoridoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xevesokanaxodufofuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marizumijajipelumagotamed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pspectr.ru/userfiles/file/18105090865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/51687433261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80e39c7bc3242403786721fb41599a15/98851444207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d057.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD057 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e869.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE869 17276 bytes
SHA-256: 061cab32bbbab2f824eb631b7851eb007818f1aadb2cc3c13925cc42a2c0d995
font_02_sfnt_off00011546.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11546 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 227a3ca03854b46576abddfa6d76d66e5a5662c78967f520a06b757578001157